LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in LOWELL, Arkansas, run under ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 451 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 23 schools and 15,688 students, LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 35% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian. By comparison, Benton County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.4%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,506, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students).

The closest other public school is ELZA R. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 451). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 46% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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